Catholic Sisters and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule

Summary

The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule was administered to a group of 47 Roman Catholic nuns ranging in age from 22 to 55. Results were compared with normative data for female college students and women in the general adult population. Catholic sisters were shown to be significantly higher than college women in the need for deference, abasement, nurturance, and endurance and lower in exhibition, dominance, change, and heterosexuality. Compared with adult women, they were higher in intraception and aggression and lower in deference, order, and endurance. Catholic sisters were significantly higher than both groups in affiliation and succorance and lower in achievement.